plus, what we're learning this morning about a boating accident that sent a maryland lawmakers and several children to the hospital. good morning. welcome to "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. a lot of ground to cover this morning, beginning with the anniversary in our region of the earthquake that was a 5.8-magnitude quake. here in washington, we're still feeling the effects from that trembler. the washington monument sustained serious structural damage. the top of the obelisk there has several large cracks that need to be repaired. that will cost close to $15 million. the monument won't reopen to the public until some time in 2014. fema holding a news conference at the monument at 10:30 this morning to talk about the recovery effort. a fund-raising effort is under way at the national cathedral to fix the earthquake damage there. pinnacles on the towers and a number of statues were damaged. it will cost $25 million to fix. the cathedral launched a campaign called "restore the glory," hoping to raise $100,000 by midnight tonight. so far, the campaign raised

almost $35,000. for more information, logon to nbcwashington.com. the quake's epicenter, mineral, virginia, is also still recovering. the earthquake caused a total of $61 million in damages to louisa county schools. two of the schools, thomas jefferson elementary and louisa county high school, were forced to close permanently. the school district received $28 million for repairs. time now for weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:01. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here, and we're watching a little fog burn off this morning. >> yeah, just a little in some of the rural areas, but generally not a big problem for your morning commute as you head off to work and school on this thursday morning. we have some clouds over washington, the bay and southern maryland, the eastern shore. those little patches of green are some sprinkles of light rain now in st. mary's county, southern calvert, northern neck of virginia crossing the bay heading to the lower eastern shore, but it's clear west and north of washington where temperatures have dropped down into the 50s most locations, and that's wre we have some of the patchy fog in some of the rural areas, so watch out for that.

but closer to washington, not a lot of fog to deal with, just a little thin fog and some clouds over the district. our nearby suburbs generally in the low 60s now. and hour by hour today. by 7:00 a.m., some of the patchy fog still lingering, in the mid and upper 60s. by noontime, ought to be in the low 80s for your lunch hour. then during the afternoon, heading back home from work and school for the afternoon commute, we'll drop from the upper 80s at 3:00 back down to the low to mid-80s by 6:00 p.m. i'll be back with another hometown 4-cast in ten minutes. danella's here now with your "first 4 traffic." thanks, tom. a live look from chopper 4 of i-270 southbound as you pass i-370. you can see little bit of volume here as you head inbound toward the beltway. no accidents on i-270, but it's that time of the morning you're starting to slow down in some spots. let's head over right now to i-66 in virginia, this time eastbound at sudley. seeing volume increase in this area, really as you make your way to centreville. that's where most delays are. good news on 66, i'm checking

for accidents both outside and inside the beltway further up. no accidents on either direction on i-66. and if you're taking the rails this morning, seeing some delays, both minor. seven minutes for brunswick east train 890 and five minutes for number 872. aaron, over to you. staying on top of breaking news in prince george's county this morning. a 17-year-old girl shot and killed overnight at a home in the 100 block of chartsey street in kettering. news4's tracee wilkins is live there now. tracee? >> reporter: good morning, aaron. this is a tragic situation and we are learning more about the 17-year-old girl who was found shot to death inside of this kettering home. let me show you that this home is still taped off now. police are still here on the scene. detectives and also uniformed officers going in and out of this house. the report of the shooting happened just shortly after 10:00 p.m., and police arrived on the scene to find this 17-year-old girl shot inside of the house. they are still trying to figure out exactly what led to all of this happening. here's what it looked like

earlier. now, relatives have been here on the scene. i've also been talking with neighbors who have told me a lot about this young girl. they say that she was an honor student who was preparing to go to harvard university. they say that she was a very quiet girl who kept to herself, did not have a lot of company or friends coming in and out of the house. they say that they are completely shocked that she was the victim of a shooting death here inside of her home. now, she lived here with her mother and also her older sister. and evidently, they had recently brought in a foster daughter as well who had been living here for the past six months. and from my understanding, all of those folks were home at the time that this happened. they are now being interviewed by prince george's county police as they work to try and figure out exactly what unfolded inside of this kettering home. reporting live in kettering, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. more breaking news now. police are on the scene of a shooting at 46th place and g street in southeast d.c. they say the victim was shot in the back around 3:00 this

morning. he was taken to the hospital in serious condition. so far, no arrests. we've learned that a maryland lawmaker is among those injured in a serious boating accident along with four children. state delegate donald dwyer was on one of two boats that collided around 7:00 last night along the magothy river off the pasadena coast. witnesses tell news4 that one boat was pulling a tube with two children on it when a speed boat slammed into it. people in three nearby boats were able to pull the victims to land. the children range in age from 5 to 12 and were taken to the hospital in serious condition. >> they were coming out at a pretty high rate of speed, and this boat was coming in, and the boat came -- they were coming like this, and the boat came and just ran right into the side of them, and the boat that was in the wrong actually split in half and has already sunk. >> everyone is expected to recover from their injuries. the department of natural resources is investigating the crash. csx will start running trains again this morning after

a deadly derailment in ellicott city. police say streets near the derailment site will remain closed because of the ongoing coal cleanup effort there. ntsb investigators say the train was traveling at a legal speed, 25 miles per hour, when it derailed early tuesday morning. an engineer in training was at the controls at that point. they say it is too early to determine exactly why the train went off the tracks. meanwhile, a funeral will be held today for one of the two women killed by that derailment. elizabeth nass and rose mayr were sitting on a bridge just feet from the tracks when it came off the tracks. the two 19-year-olds were found under a pile of coal dumped from one of the freight cars. visitation will be held for nass tonight at the church of resurrection in ellicott city. her funeral will be held tomorrow. mayr's funeral is set for saturday. in the day ahead, first lady michelle obama will meet with family members of those killed at a shooting at at wisconsin sikh temple. she will sit with relatives of

six killed when wade michael page. page eventually shot and killed himself. the first officer to arrive, lieutenant brian murphy, was released from the hospital just yesterday. he was shot nine times. seven minutes now after the hour. a political storm of a different kind in tampa. the backup plans for republicans, should isaac hit. also ahead, royal repercussions facing prince harry this morning as he returns home after bearing it all. plus, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking some potential fog [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work.

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welcome back. prince harry is back home and ready to face the music. he is back at buckingham palace to answer to his grandmother, queen elizabeth, about his trip to las vegas and his nude photo scandal. the prince and his handlers could be published for the naked photos that ended up on tmz. harry and his pals reportedly

invited girls in las vegas back to his room where they started playing strip billiards. the prince is also expected to meet with his army superiors today in what they call an interview without coffee. they call is that because it is serious and there are no refreshments. they say the behavior is unacceptable, especially if it tarnishes the reputation of the britain armed forces. >> this is turning out to be a huge thing. buckingham palace reportedly trying to get the photos banned in great britain, saying they violate some privacy rights for the prince. i mean, this is going to be ugly for him. >> what's scarier, the army superiors or the queen? >> if she comes out with that -- never mind. 6:11, weather and traffic on the 1s. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. hi, tom! >> good morning. weather and traffic on the 1s now at 6:11. we're in the 60s much of the metro area, patchy fog in the rural areas. hometown 4-cast, clarksburg, northern montgomery county, sunny, mid-60s, by noontime 80

and sunny. for the entire region, hour by hour today, we should make it into the upper 80s by mid-afternoon, not too humid, a wonderful summer day. i'm back in ten minutes with your seven-day outlook. danella's here now with your "first 4 traffic" on this thursday morning. good morning, danella. good morning, tom. well, if you're traveling northbound, back lick road, trying to get on to i-95 northbound, that ramp has construction just blocking the right shoulder lane, be aware of that. slow down just a bit. traveling i-95 northbound, the usual suspect. at fairfax county parkway, you're hitting the brakes and you're sluggish making your way down. aaron and eun? >> thanks, danella. 6:12 now. having trouble getting your kids to eat their veggies? cartoons may help you out. also ahead, no calm before the storm as island nations race to prepare for isaac. plus, the dangerous situation caused by this geyser that

breaking news now. just getting pictures of a major explosion near dallas. a freight train crashed into a fuel tanker. we understand this happened about 40 miles east of dallas. the explosion there rattled some nearby homes. everybody within about a two-block radius was evacuated. police are warning other people to stay inside their homes, stay away from the intense smoke and the flames. you can see right here. this crash happened about 1:30 this morning. a fuel tanker got stuck on the

railroad tracks there. a few moments later, it was hit by a union pacific train. eight fire companies called to the scene to try to get these flames under control. nobody seriously hurt. we'll let you know about more developments. right now, people in puerto rico are bracing for tropical storm isaac. it's expected to gain strength. it's packing winds of 45 miles per hour. the governor of puerto rico declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard. isaac could become a hurricane later today. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking the storm's path. >> yeah, right now it is a disorganized tropical storm and it's a weak one and it is continuing to pass south of puerto rico. does look like over the next day or so it's going to continue on a track heading toward the north and west. in fact, it's going to be right near haiti, unfortunately, with a lot of heavy rain. that's going to be tomorrow. then it's going to be passing over eastern cuba. after that, maybe along the west coast of florida. this is as of monday morning. it does look like it may be right near tampa, perhaps into monday afternoon.

the latest trend, though, is that it's going to be tracking maybe a little farther west than it has looked like the last couple of days, maybe threatening the panhandle of florida by perhaps on tuesday or so. right now, it does look like it's going to be a strong tropical storm when it's right near tampa. that will be during the day on monday. aaron? >> and because of that possibility, tom, they're trying to make some moves at the republican national convention to be prepared for that. take a look at some pictures here. tampa could be in the storm's path, of course, after it becomes a hurricane and takes aim at florida over the weekend. gop officials are confident that the meeting will go off without a hitch, but there are plans to shorten or even cancel the convention, if needed. that would be a last resort. the tampa times forum, where the convention is held, would have to be evacuated if winds reached 90 miles per hour and tides swelled to 15 feet. don't forget, we will have complete coverage of the republican national convention in whatever form it may take. julie carey and i will be there to bring you live reports from

tampa all next week. we'll also have live coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. with just a week until mitt romney is officially nominated, the former governor is preparing to roll out his energy policy. he is making the announcement at a truck and supply company in new mexico. romney's aim to make the u.s. energy-independent by 2020 by increasing oil, natural gas and coal production by giving states more control. he also wants to remove restrictions for drilling off the u.s. coast, including off the virginia shores. today's speech is also a chance for romney to distance himself from the controversial comments made by missouri congressman todd akin. romney asked akin to step down from his senate campaign after akin's comments about "legitimate rape." president obama took a jab, saying the senate candidate missed science class, but akin is now using his stance to raise money. the congressman sent a letter to supporters asking for forgiveness for his comments. he also said the media, washington elite and party

bosses are all against him. some conservative christian organizations actually say the controversy has helped to rally their base. just about 19 after the hour. before you head out this morning, you might want to put on a touch of bug spray. right now there are four times the usual number of west nile cases, making it the largest west nile virus outbreak in u.s. history. more than 1,100 cases have been reported in 38 states and d.c., and that number is expected to go up. 41 people have died, 26 of them in texas. if you have any symptoms like headache, body ache, tremors, fever, experts recommend that you go to the hospital. however, 80% of people infected will have no symptoms at all. infected mosquitos spread the west nile virus. take a look at this geyser of water that erupted after a car mowed over a fire hydrant in los angeles. the water shot up so high that it made contact with the overhead power line. that electrified the water. two people rushing in to help were electrocuted when they stepped in that charged water.

at least six other people were also hurt in that crash. it all started when a driver lost control of his car. new york city's transit authority says loose steel plates are to blame f an explosion in manhattan. those plates were covering a subway construction site and failed to hold in a controlled blast. the explosion sent the plates as well as rocks and other debris into the streets. nobody got hurt and the blast only caused minor damage to nearby buildings. a 37-year-old man has some explaining to do after he locked himself in an airplane cockpit. police say andrew alessi was waiting for his plane bound for dallas at a baton rouge airport. he ran across the airport jetway, locked himself in the cockpit of an empty american eagle plane. police had to cut off the oxygen and the power to that plane until he surrendered. he was arrested. american eagle's flight was canceled as a precaution. two of d.c.'s airports are in the top ten list that they are not too proud of. dulles and bwi marshall ranked among the worst airports when it comes to flights departing or

arriving on time. "u.s. news & world report" looked at the data. dulles ranked second worst with 20% of its departing flights delayed, 19% of its arrivals coming in late as well. bwi is 11th worst with 17% of its flights delayed and about 14% late arrivals. one of the best running backs in redskins history is hanging up his helmet for good today. clinton portis will officially announce his retirement today during a news conference at redskins park. he is just 77 yards short of the 10,000 mark, making him the 27th leading rusher in nfl history, and he ranks second only trailing john riggins for the ds a redskin. portis has not played since being released two years ago. we certainly wish him all the best. he was very fun to watch. >> thanks for the memories, for sure. 6:21 is the time. let's go to tom for the forecast. good morning. we're starting off with clouds over washington this morning and farther south and east they are producing a few sprinkles, st. mary's county and across the tidal potomac into the northern neck, lower part of the eastern

shore from cambridge to salisbury. if it's going to be passing well southeast of the metro area. west and north of washington, a clear sky. and under that clear sky is where we have some patchy fog forming some of the rural areas of northern maryland, western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, parts of the shenandoah valley where many of these locations are down into the 50s this morning. closer to washington in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties in the low 60s, right near 70 in washington, eastern shore, northern neck where they're getting those sprinkles it's in the 60s. four-day forecast, storm team 4 forecast here for the next several days, delightful summer weather! not too hot, not too humid, great beach and pool weather, highs 80s each day, morning lows 60s, slight chance of an afternoon shower or thunder shower saturday and sunday, but a greater chance tuesday, wednesday next week. i'm back in ten minutes. "first 4 traffic" now with danella. good morning! good morning. right now i'm watching i-95 northbound at prince william parkway. had a multivehicle crash here blocking your left lane, but now it has moved over to the right

shoulder lane. you can see police are on the scene and the cars are lined up. you are hitting the brakes as you make your way toward prince william parkway on i-95, but those travel lanes are open. you're hitting the brakes again closer to the lorton area, then it's stop-and-go, sluggish all the way to the beltway on i-95, the usual delays. and a minor delay, two of them, brunswick east train 890 and 872. aaron and eun? >> thank you, danella. >> 6:23 now, 69 degrees. the extreme steps taken in the district to stop a deadly superbug in its tracks. plus, he's best known for making the mistake that cost the pitcher a perfect game. now jim

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characters like elmo and they found kids picked up fruit more often when they contained the stickers and almost always took the cookie, too. well, they are kids. usually, baseball umpires are the focus of anger and rage from fans of both teams, but one ump is getting some praise for his life-saving actions off the field. before a game in arizona earlier this week, a food service worker collapsed of an apparent heart attack. jim joyce was nearby and started cpr on the woman. paramedics arrived a short time later and took the woman to the hospital. she is expected to be okay, at least in a couple of days. joyce said it was his instinct that led him to help the woman. >> good for him. coming up, your weather and traffic on the 1s, plus a community trying to draw attention to a dangerous problem in their neighborhood. also ahead, how the redskins will be honoring a prince george's county police officer killed in the line of duty. plus, the first steps being taken to pre

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putting a stop to a deadly superbug. the extreme actions taken by researchers to protect patients at a d.c. hospital. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "news4 today." i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. let's look live outside at 6:31, 69 degrees, a cool and refreshing morning, again, feeling like fall weather. we've been lucky this time of august to have this awesome weather. hope you're spending time outdoors. >> indeed, we have. a bit of fog for rural areas of our viewing area to deal with this morning, but for the most part, you can expect another gorgeous day, and that looks like it might be continuing for a couple of days here. we can go out to tom kierein now, who's on the storm4 weather deck with more on the forecast. tom? >> yeah, this morning, in fact, it's kind of damp. we've got a lot of dew in the grass around the area here now and just a little bit of light fog in the area. it's in the rural areas we have some of that denser fog. it's really not that bad. now, let's take a look at what's

been happening over the last several hours. there is an area of sprinkles moving into southern maryland. that's going to continue to pass off to the north and west, and as it does, it's going to move away from the metro area. we'll generally have that moving off and we'll have temperatures that are right now cool out in the rural areas. under the clear sky north and west of washington, temperatures there are down just to the low 60s and it's in the low to mid-60s montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, near 70 in washington and by the bay. and for the day today, here's your hour-by-hour forecast. we'll have our temperatures by noontime into the low 80s. ought to hit the upper 80s, though, by mid-afternoon. a lot of sunshine, a terrific day coming up, great beach and pool weather, but we've got a partly cloudy, mostly clear sky here in northwest now and looks like a wonderful summer day on the weather. i'll be back in ten minutes. "first 4 traffic" now with danella. traveling i-66 eastbound at the bypass. crash was blocking two eastbound

lanes in that area. going to keep watching that for you. let's head up to i-270, usual delays this time from 85 southbound, slow as you make your way towards clarksburg. then, continuing southbound, not bad. i would like to tell you that your volume is increasing, really in the gaithersburg area, but no major delays just now as you make your way toward the beltway. speak of the beltway, slow outer loop passing new hampshire avenue until you get to 193. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. 6:33 now. the national institutes of health says it's taking drastic steps to help prevent a deadly superbug from spreading. doctors believe the outbreak started in june of 2011. a new york woman carrying the bug was admitted to the nih clinical center in bethesda. then in august, another patient already in the hospital showed similar symptoms. over the next six months, 16 more patients tested positive for the superbug and 11 of them died. researchers are concerned because this bug is resistant to all but two antibiotics. >> during the course of this outbreak at nih, this bacteria

developed resistance to all known antibiotics. and the only way that we could control this bacteria was by controlling the spread and making sure that other patients weren't infected with this bacteria. >> the hospital took strict precautions to prevent the bug from spreading. they started trashing blood pressure cuffs after just one use and even took apart and bleached sink and shower drains. a prince george's county police officer killed in a high-speed chase will be laid to rest on tuesday. 23-year-old adrian morris died when he crashed his cruiser chasing two car theft suspects. one of those suspects is kenneth mitchell jr. he was arrested on tuesday. police are still looking for kevon neal. investigators acknowledge officer morris should not have chased the men and he was not wearing his seat belt. the redskins plan to honor officer morris with a moment of silence before their game on saturday. the man accused of shooting a security guard at the family

research council is due in court tomorrow. a grand jury indicted 28-year-old floyd corkins for last week's shooting at the frc's downtown headquarters. the conservative group recently supported the owner of chick-fil-a, who opposes same-sex marriage. former university of virginia lacrosse player george huguely is waiting to learn his sentence for murder now that a judge rejected his plea for a new trial. huguely was convicted of beating his girlfriend, yeardley love, to death in 2010. his lawyers claim there were several errors in the trial, but the judge ruled that there was ample evidence to support the conviction. huguely will be sentenced next thursday. he faces up to 26 years in prison. today, d.c. mayor vincent gray will hold his first meeting with the new power line task force. that group will explore burying power lines to prevent power outages from strong winds, fallen trees and heavy rain. the mayor says the district needs a game-changer to keep the lights on for d.c. residents. the response comes after june's

summer storm that left thousands of people in the dark for days. the meeting will happen this afternoon at the wilson building. also in the day ahead, power and telephone leaders will hold a town hall on their response to that derecho. members of the dominion virginia power company as well as verizon meet tonight at the thomas jefferson library on arlington boulevard in falls church. not only did the storm leave people without power in northern virginia for days, but it also caused a 911 phone outage. the public is invited to this town hall. it runs tonight from 7:00 to 9: 9:00. 6:36 now. people in loudoun county are calling for dramatic changes to a deadly intersection. gum spring road has been the scene of deadly accidents, most recently this week. the driver with a medical condition veered off the road, hitting a tree and knocking down a utility pole. neighbors say the street has a narrow single lane going each way and lots of curves that cause problems for drivers. even though the road isn't to blame for this latest accident, neighbors say this intersection has caused at least four or five

crashes in the past few years. just about 23 minutes before the top of the hour. the "today" show is coming up next at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on this morning. hey there, matt. >> hey, there, aaron. nice to see you. coming up on a thursday here on "today," hurricane warnings now posted for the dominican republic and haiti as tropical storm isaac churns in the caribbean. this morning, new information on its projected path and potential impact on the u.s., and of course, next week's republican national convention. also ahead, will prince harry be disciplined over those photos of him partying naked in las vegas? we'll get into that. plus, olympic swimmer ryan lochte, who spent time with the prince on his trip, will be here for a live interview. then, how long could you go without buying anything new? we'll meet a mom who's managed to do that for five years and counting. and a 2-for-1 concert out on the plaza featuring carlie rae jepson, so call me, maybe, as we

get started on a thursday morning. aaron, back to you. >> thanks, matt. that's going to be in my head the rest of the day. >> i know. welcome to our world. we've been humming it all morning. >> my kids can't wait to see that concert, my daughter especially. we're tracking breaking news involving the shooting death of a teenage girl overnight. also ahead, a day out on the water ends with a maryland lawmaker and several children in the hospital. plus, the push to restore the national cathedral as we mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake. before you step out the door, our storm team 4 has [ male announcer ] some think obamacare is the same as free health care. but nothing is free. obama is raiding $716 billion from medicare, changing the program forever. taxing wheelchairs and pacemakers. raising taxes on families making less than one hundred twenty thousand dollars. free healthcare comes at a very high price. the romney-ryan plan will restore medicare funding and protect and strengthen the program

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weather and traffic on the 1s. good morning. 6:41. eastern sky streaked with orange and gold predawn here on this

wonderful thursday morning. 71 at reagan national, dew point's at 66. that's rather humid. hometown 4-cast, ft. washington, prince george's county off to school this morning, near 70 bp 8:00 and mid-80s by noontime and throughout the region, hour by hour today, reaching the mid-to-upper 80s by midafternoon and down to the low to mid-80s by the afternoon commute under a sunny sky getting home from work and school. seven-day outlook, latest isaac track in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic now? still watching the accident on i-66 eastbound at the bypass. right now it is blocking your right lane. it was blocking two of your lanes, but just the right lane is blocked. 50 inbound hitting the brakes at 202 and it's sluggish for you as you make your way all the way to new york avenue. 395 at edsall, both delays slow to seminary road. and your travel speed to the 14th street bridge, about 34 miles per hour, that drive taking 19 minutes. aaron and eun? >> thanks, danella. thousands of firefighters working to knock down wildfires

all over the western united states right now. nearly 7 million acres destroyed by flames in ten states. those fires have already destroyed at least 50 buildings, threatening hundreds more now as well. in idaho, the governor called in the national guard to help. crews say that these fires will probably burn for at least another six to eight weeks because of increasingly dry conditions. breaking news in prince george's county now. police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a 17-year-old girl overnight at a home in the 100 block of chartsey street in kettering. news4's tracee wilkins is live on the scene with new information. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we have been speaking with neighbors this morning. we're finding out more about this 17-year-old girl who was shot and killed inside of this house behind me. as you can see, they still have the house taped off. prince george's county police are still actively investigating this scene, going in and out of the home. earlier this morning, the investigation extended to the outside of the house as well. let me show you what it looked like earlier. detectives were walking around

this morning with flash lights looking for any possible evidence, maybe a weapon or something that may have been dropped outside of the home, clues as to how extensive this investigation is going to be. at this point, they're not releasing any suspect information or explaining exactly how all of this happened. they got the call around 10:00 for a 17-year-old girl shot inside of this home. they found this young girl dead. and her family, apparently, was home at the time. we spoke with neighbors who tell me that the mother was here and also her older sister and a foster sister who they had recently brought into the family about six months ago. so, this investigation is continuing as they try and figure out exactly what led to this 17-year-old being shot to death. now, we're also told by neighbors that this young girl was an honors student, had plans to go on to harvard university. we'll have more on that coming up later as this investigation continues. i'm tracee wilkins reporting live in kettering, news4. >> tracee, thank you. we're following more breaking news. police are on the scene of a shooting at 46th place and g

streets in southeast washington. they say the victim was shot in the back around 3:00 this morning. he was taken to the hospital in serious condition. so far, no arrests have been made. a lawmaker in maryland along with several children waking up in the hospital this morning after a serious boating accident. state delegate donald dwyer was on one of two boats that collided about 7:00 last night on the magothy river off the pasadena coast in anne arundel county. witnesses tell news4 that one boat was pulling a tube with two children on it when a speed boat slammed into it. people in three nearby boats were able to pull the victims to land. the children range in age from 5 to 12. they were taken to hospitals in serious condition. >> they had a head-on collision and the bayliner boat went straight up in the air and two people went airborne. >> everyone is expected to recover from their injuries. the department of natural resources is investigating the crash. csx says it will resume train operations this morning following a deadly train

derailment in ellicott city. police say streets near the derailment site will remain closed because of the ongoing coal cleanup effort. ntsb investigators say the train was traveling at a legal speed of 25 miles per hour when it derailed early tuesday morning. an engineer in training was at the controls. they say it is still too early to determine why the train derailed. meanwhile, funeral services will begin today for one of the two women killed by the derailment. elizabeth nass and rose mayr were sitting on a bridge just feet from the tracks when the train derailed. the two 19-year-olds were found under a pile of coal dumped from one of the freight cars. visitation will be held for nass tonight at the church of resurrection in ellicott city. her funeral will be held tomorrow morning. mayr's funeral is set for saturday. alexandria police trying to track down the man suspected of walking off with a $25,000 diamond ring. you're looking at pictures of that suspect from surveillance cameras at king's jewelers on king street. he walked into the store on july 24th, asked to look at some

rings. police say he walked out with a platinum and diamond ring. the suspect has a tattoo with the words "sigma forever" on the left side of his neck. in the day ahead, first lady michelle obama will meet with family members of those killed in a shooting at awisconsin sikh temple. she'll sit down with relatives of the six worshippers killed when suspected gunman wade michael page opened fire. page, who had ties to the white supremacist movement, eventually shot and killed himself. the first officer to arrive, lieutenant brian murphy, was released from the hospital yesterday. he was shot nine times. one of the navy s.e.a.l.s who helped kill osama bin laden set to release a new book called "no easy day," coming out on september 11th. it's an autobiography of a navy s.e.a.l. published under the pseudonym mark owen. the book will talk about his time in the s.e.a.l.s, including the raid that killed bin laden. the names of other s.e.a.l. members were changed in the book, of course. kingwood publishers will not say how closely that book was vetted by the u.s. government. the fda says a farm in southwest indiana is connect ed

to the recent deadly salmonella outbreak. officials say chamberlin farms is one source of tainted cantaloupe that's killed two people and infected 180 others in 20 states. the infected fruit was shipped to seven different states. the fda is looking into other possible sources of the outbreak. the new school year brings new guidelines for school sports in maryland. starting this year, all coaches in all sports must be trained in concussion risk management. the state department of education requires all coaches to take part in the training. coaches will learn to recognize the symptoms of a concussion and get injured students off the field immediately. >> when a child gets hit in the head, they may have a concussion, they may be dazed, they may be confused, but you more importantly want to make sure there isn't a more serious injury like bleeding in or around the brain. >> students who do suffer concussions while playing cannot return to the field or report until they're cleared by an authorized doctor. 6:48 right now.

you might be feeling the squeeze already. a new report out shows that america's middle class is shrinking. the pew research center found in the past ten years, family incomes at all levels have dropped. that's the first time that's happened since the end of world war ii. 62% of those surveyed blame congress for that drop in the middle class. 54% blamed banks and financial institutions. 47% said big corporations were responsible. people said they're working harder and harder just to stay even. tropical storm isaac could end up costs you more at the grocery store. cnbc's jackie deangelis is live with that story and more. jackie, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning to you. bad news for orange juice lovers. futures jumped 6% to a six-week high in trading after forecasters warned that tropical storm isaac will strengthen into a hurricane and possibly hit south florida by monday. florida is the nation's biggest orange juice market. about 50 million boxes were lost when hurricane wilma hit the

sunshine state in 2005. in today's numbers, that would be about a quarter of the u.s. production. but don't worry too much. experts are saying that frost and disease have historically done more damage than hurricanes. and walmart is expanding the number of different vaccinations that it offers at its u.s. stores. beyond traditional shots for the flu and pneumonia, reports say starting monday, the world's largest retailer will provide shots recommended by the cdc for ten infectious diseases, including meningitis, hepatitis and hpv. they're going to be available at pop-up clinics at the front of your local walmart store. eun, back to you. >> all right, jackie deangelis, thank you. d.c. water says its water is cheaper and tastes the same as bottled water. the agency now offering taste tests all over the district. these testers took the challenge on i street northwest. not many people could actually tell the difference between tap and bottled water. d.c. water reminds izers that you only pay a penny per gallon for the water you get at home. nasa's mars rover curiosity moved for the first time on the

red planet. scientists tweeted this picture, which shows the tire tracks made by the rover. you can see there. nasa says curiosity went about 15 feet before turning around and heading back toward the spot where it landed. the landing site was named bradbury, landing in honor of author ray bradbury. scientists hope to take soil samples in hopes of learning whether there was ever life on mars or if there's life on mars right now. >> i think i saw a snickers wrapper there. did you see that? >> they should definitely not litter on the red planet. >> check that video again. 6:51 is our time right now. tom's looking at the forecast. great weather, and as long as this wonderful summer weather continues, i want you to start calling me t-wow. >> t-wow? you got it! we're all over that. >> i'm storm4 meteorologist t-wow, and here is your forecast. right now out of the mountains, it is a delightful morning. we're down into the low to mid-50s there. closer to washington, low to mid-60s. and near 70 right in the district and right near the bay waters. but elsewhere, it is a fresh and

cool, delightful summer morning under way. you'll have a wow moment when you step outside. getting just a few sprinkles in southern maryland, northern neck and over to the lower eastern shore. that's passing south and east of us, but west and north of washington, it's all clear with a little patchy fog forming. meanwhile, the tropical satellite view showing a sort of disorganized tropical storm isaac now passing south of puerto rico. here are the latest statistics. isaac's winds have decreased overnight to 40, so it's a weak tropical storm. the latest track takes it, unfortunately, maybe as a category 1 hurricane right over haiti tomorrow. heavy rain the main threat there, mud slides. then as it does track farther to the north and west over eastern cuba, it may weaken a bit but still be a really strong tropical storm. may not be a hurricane. latest indications are the track may take it right near tampa, florida, by monday, but as a tropical storm, not a hurricane, but the main threat a lot of rain for the western coast of florida. well, for us today, the morning commute should be dry, just

little patchy rural fog, in the 60s to near 70. noontime, lunch hour temperatures beautiful, into the low 80s and partly cloudy. then during the afternoon, a lot of sun, highs reaching the upper 80s. and this wonderful wow pattern continues into friday, saturday and sunday, each day highs 80s, morning lows 60s. a slight chance of a thunder shower sunday afternoon, but an increasing chance next week. danella with your "first 4 traffic." good morning and thanks, t-wow. remember to keep it sunny. keep it sunny. all right, to the roadways, making your way eastbound, i-66, still have the crash there at the bypass. it is blocking your right lane. further up eastbound, had a crash at 50 as you make your way on i-66, but luckily, that's in the left shoulder lane and you are hitting the brakes just a bit as you make your way towards 50. let's head over to the beltway and look at the normal delays right at new hampshire avenue on the outer loop of the beltway. you're slow this morning, but delays really are just until you get about colesville road.

aaron and eun, back over to y'all. >> thanks, danella. you can expect delays if you have to drive the beltway in northern virginia this weekend. starting tomorrow, several lanes of i-66 west at the beltway will be shut down. crews will also close some exit ramps leading to 66 west. then, starting sunday night, the southbound 495 ramp to 66 will be completely closed. during that time you'll have to take little river turnpike. everything back to normal on monday. all the closures are for work on the express lanes project. today marks one year since this region was shaken by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake. here in washington, we're still feeling the effects from the quake. the washington monument sustained serious structural damage. the top of the obelisk has several large cracks that need to be repaired. repairs are expected to cost close to $15 million. the monument won't reopen to the public until some time in 2014. fema will hold a news conference at the monument at 10:30 this morning to talk about recovery efforts. a fund-raising effort under way at the national cathedral to

fix the earthquake damage there. pinnacles on the towers and a number of statues were damaged. it will cost $25 million to fix. the cathedral launched a campaign called "restore the glory." it's hoping to raise $100,000 by midnight tonight. so far, that campaign raised almost $35,000. for more info, logon to nbcwashington.com. the quake's epicenter, mineral, virginia, is also still recovering. the earthquake caused a total of $61 million in damages to louisa county schools. two of the schools, thomas jefferson elementary and louisa county high school, were forced to close permanently. the school district received $28 million for repairs. all righty, before we head out this morning, one last look at our forecast with t-wow. >> storm team 4 meteorologist t-wow. >> we've got it for you, a wonderful weather pattern. it does continue for the next several days, all the way into the weekend. we've got cool, comfortable mornings, not too hot, not too humid afternoons, just perfect beach and pool weather for

outdoor activities. and maybe over the weekend might be an isolated thunder shower during the afternoon. greater chance midweek next week. danella, how's traffic? t-wow, you're killing me this morning. let's head to i-95. good news for you northbound in virginia, not bad. here's a look at fairfax county parkway. speed from quantico, not bad, 47 miles per hour. that's nothing, 30 minutes to get to the getway. >> and our director kurt wants to be known as super k now. all right, that's it for "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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